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Bradfield railway station

Bradfield
Bradfield station in 1963
General information
Location	Bradfield, Tendring England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Eastern Union Railway[1] Eastern Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 August 1854	Opened[1]
2 July 1956	Closed

Bradfield railway station served the village of BradfieldinEssex. It was on the Manningtree to Harwich branch line, which is today known as The Mayflower Line.^[2] It closed in 1956. Consisting of just two through platforms it had no sidings for working local goods traffic, which was the normal scenario in rural East Anglia.^[3] The station buildings on the up platform were particularly splendid for a very small station and were captured by the well known and popular transport artist Malcolm Root FGRA.^[4] The facilities on the down platform were very modest by comparison. The station had a very restricted catchment area and with a local population of just 730 in 1901 and 811 in 1961, passenger numbers were always very limited.^[5] A level crossing at the west end of the station was controlled by a signal box on the up side with just 12 levers.^[6]

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• Bradfield station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

51°56′24″N 1°06′40″E / 51.93995°N 1.11112°E / 51.93995; 1.11112

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